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Fire Department Recruitment

Do you have what it takes?

Last updated Mar. 27, 2019 - 6:34 pm

Becoming a firefighter for the City of Raleigh is a highly competitive process. The Training Division typically receives more than 1,000 applications for each recruit academy from men and women of many backgrounds. As a result, the Raleigh Fire Department is a true melting pot of people from across North Carolina and the United States.

Recruitment Process

If you would like to be notified when the Raleigh Fire Department is hiring, please sign up for job notifications, select "Fire & EMS" and complete the information at the bottom of the page.

How to Become a Raleigh Firefighter

On July 1, 2014,
the City of Raleigh implemented a new on-line application process. Applications
are no longer accepted in person and must be completed online.

All applicants
must go to the City of Raleigh
website and create a governmentjobs.com account. If you
already have a GovernmentJobs.com account, sign in with your username and
password, select the job title and then apply. All sections of the
application must be completed. If a question does not apply to you,
indicate with NA. Questions marked with an asterisk (*) are required.

For support
related to the online application process please call 855-524-5627 between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.

The application process is open annually Nov.1 through Nov. 30

OPTIONAL physical agility and aptitude exam practice

Candidate
written aptitude test

Physical agility test

Background and reference checks

Oral interview

Offer of employment

Fire Recruitment Process

All new recruits complete a recruit academy (approximately 32 weeks) conducted at the Keeter Training Center which includes both intense physical training and a challenging academic program. Recruits are required to maintain an minimum 80 percent average, recruits receive several certifications before graduation and their assignment to a fire station (EMT, Firefighter I and II, Haz-Mat Operations Plus).

Working as a Raleigh Firefighter

Once assigned to a specific company, firefighters may be reassigned several times over the course of their career through transfers and promotions.

Firefighters are also temporarily transferred to other stations to fill vacancies created by sick days, vacation days, and other types of absences.